Vada Pav is the most popular street food of Mumbai. It is also known as the Desi Burger. Vada is a deep fried potato savory and pav is bread. Vada Pav is served with two kinds of chutney, a dry red chutney powder and fried green chilies. This snack is popular with people of all age groups.

It is also easily available at colleges, schools, office canteens, on the streets and restaurants all over Mumbai. The best Vada Pav you get in Mumbai are at Dadar and M.G. Road-camp, Pune. I have always loved to binge on them since my childhood and it makes me so happy to share this recipe with everyone. Making Vada Pav is actually easy as the chutneys could be made in advance.

In Mumbai, you also get jumbo sized Vada Pavs for the hungry stomachs. Nowadays you also see vendors adding an onion slice, sauce etc giving a modern touch of burgers to desi Vada Pavs ;). They are a filling breakfast to some, a snack and dinner to others. It is a savory enjoyed by people of all races, class and caste.

You could make the Pavs at home or buy from outside. It’s a joyous moment to eat hot vada pavs during the monsoon with a hot cup of tea. I make them a lot at home and it tastes much better along with being more clean than the outside ones. I love to have some chopped onion on my Vada Pav and also some nylon sev alongside. Yum! 🙂

Green chutney, sweet chutney, dry red chutney and fried chilies are made along with the vada pav.

Combine all nicely. Make medium sized balls and gently flatten them with your palm.

Place aside.

Preparing the vadas:

Prepare the batter by mixing all the ingredients. The batter should be smooth and thick enough to coat the vadas.

Place a pan with oil on high heat. Once oil is hot reduce to medium.

Dip the vadas in the batter and coat from all sides.

Fry until golden brown and crisp from all sides.

Slit the pav from center. Apply the green chutney, sweet chutney on both sides of the pav.

Also put some dry red chutney. Top some chopped onion if using.

Lastly fry some green chilies.

Serve your vada pavs hot with a cup of tea.

Notes

1. The batter has to be thick for the coating of vadas. Please don't add too much water.2. Add chilies, spices as per your taste.3. If you don't have patience to make chutneys, just make the vada pav and eat with chili sauce.

Hello mam, thanks for this recipe, i have made it three times and got praise because of you. I hace got a question and i hope u will reply to it- while deep frying , sometimes foods like pakoras, bhaturas and these vadas they stick to the bottom of kadai , why this happens even though the oil is hot? your tip will be great help to me.

Thankyou Meenakshi for trying the vada pav pleased to know you got lot of praises 🙂 …….. Meenakshi the oil needs to be hot also you need to add few pakoras or vadas while frying otherwise they get stuck to the bottom. Give enough space and enough oil to deep fry them. Hope this helps you.